Sam Trammell talks Sam Merlotte

The Sam Merlotte Years

Sam Trammell recently sat down and talked about himself, season four, and Sam Merlotte. He talked about how he originally got the spot for Sam Merlotte on  HBO's True Blood. His agent gave him the script and was told it was going to involve Alan Ball and HBO. Sam said that many actors were trying to get on True Blood, he had to audition twice for it and four hours after the last audition, he found out Sam Merlotte's was his new gig.

"Well I am from Louisiana originally. It is great to be able to play a character who you kind of represent and a guy from where I am from. I love that he is kind of a blue collar dude and that he owns a bar. I never worked in a bar but I always thought it would be fun to work as a bartender. The other part of it is that he is a supernatural creature which is a really cool thing to have under your belt and as a secret. Since I still get to be like a regular guy."

During the last few episodes of Season Three, we got to see a different side of Sam Merlotte, a much more dark side than we were use to seeing. Plus, the writers showed us his family that up till then he had not known about. Sam said that those episodes were a blast for him and really liked it. A downside of filming like True Blood does, is that an actor doesn't get to sleep much sometimes because he may have to work many nights in a row and then sometimes not be in another scene for a few days and has to stay in his character the entire.  During this interview, it is obvious that Sam loves working on True Blood and really seems to get his character, but talking about Season Four...his lips were sealed.

"Honestly, I do not know what is going to happen. I know we are going to follow the book to a certain degree like we have done. I know their are going to be some witches involved in the stories. The writers are figuring it out themselves right now."

Yeah, sure.

New Ventures

Sam Trammell has a new movie coming out titled "Guns, Girls, and Gambling" which starts Christian Slater and Megan Park.

"It's sort of a Tarantino-esque hyper reel Western. It sort of involves a bunch of people coming after Christian's character who has stolen a Native American mask. It is really cool and a lot of fun. I am really excited about it!"

In an earlier article TrueBloodNet did, we discussed his new movie. Sam, we can't wait to see you where we love you the most in Merlotte's Bar. Source: www.moviemikes.com - Interview with Sam Trammell (Photo Credit: HBO Inc.)

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